W większości krajów rozwiniętych choroby układu sercowo-naczyniowego stanowią główną przyczynę zgonów.

The book presents the complex basic principles of vascular hemodynamics and its pathophysiologie in a direct and effective way, stressing the importance of the mechanical properties of large arteries in the origin of blood pressure.

The book discusses the advantages and limitations of sphygmomanometry in clinical medicine and the best practical method of taking arterial pressures.

This book summarizes the state of the art in the whole field of indirect blood pressure monitoring. It is based on two international meetings and on invited papers.